Analysis of enhancement pattern of flat gallbladder wall thickening on MDCT to differentiate gallbladder cancer from cholecystitis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 765-771

  Kim, Soo Jin ^a   Lee, Jeong Min ^a,b   Lee, Jae Young ^a   Kim, Se Hyung ^a   Han, Joon Koo ^a,b   Choi, Byung Ihn ^a,b   Choi, Jin Young ^c  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biliary tree; Cholecystitis; Flat gallbladder wall thickening; Gallbladder cancer; Gallbladder wall thickening; MDCT

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTITIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLECYSTOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 51349145302     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3331     Document Type: Article

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